- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Died
- November 25, 1963
Jean Brooks
Fluent in Spanish, Jean Brooks began professionally by singing with Enric Madriguera and Orchestra in New York. She had a small role in the New York City-filmed The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) and the second lead in a Broadway play, "Name Your Poison" (1938), with Lenore Ulric, all under her real name of Jeanne Kelly. She was signed by an independent film production company that had gone under by the time she got to Hollywood. She spent several years at Universal as a leading lady in "B" pictures, including several Johnny Mack Brown westerns, but her option was dropped in late 1941. By this time she had married writer (later director) Richard Brooks and, with a certain Broadway hoofer having just signed at MGM, dropped the Kelly and became Jean Brooks. She signed with RKO, where film buffs know her for her three appearances for cult producer Val Lewton, particularly her stunning perfor…
Filmography
movieWomen in the Night
1948 · Maya
movieThe Bamboo Blonde
1946 · Marsha
movieThe Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Baroness Lena
movieTwo O'Clock Courage
1945 · Barbara Borden
movieThe Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · Roxanna Miles
movieYouth Runs Wild
1944 · Mary Hauser Coates
movieA Night of Adventure
1944 · Julie Arden
movieThe Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943 · Vicky Gaines
movieThe Seventh Victim
1943 · Jacqueline Gibson
movieThe Falcon in Danger
1943 · Iris Fairchild
movieThe Leopard Man
1943 · Kiki Walker
movieThe Boss of Big Town
1942 · Iris Moore
movieBoot Hill Bandits
1942 · May Meadows
movieKlondike Fury
1942 · Rae Langton
movieFighting Bill Fargo
1941 · Linda Tyler (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieBadlands of Dakota
1941 · Bella Union Girl
movieMan from Montana
1941 · Linda Thompson
movieA Dangerous Game
1941 · Anne Bennett (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieRiders of Death Valley
1941 · Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)
Meet the Chump
movieMeet the Chump
1941 · Madge Reilly (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieBuck Privates
1941 · Camp Hostess
movieA Volta do Besouro Verde
1940 · Gloria Manning
movieJunior G-Men
1940 · Waitress (uncredited)
movieThe Devil's Pipeline
1940 · Laura Larson (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieSon of Roaring Dan
1940 · Eris Brooke (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieFlash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · Olga (uncredited)
movieThe Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Minor Role (uncredited)
movieMiracle on Main Street
1939 · Nina
movieThe Invisible Killer
1939 · Gloria Cunningham
movieFrankie and Johnnie
1936 · Cabaret Girl
movieThe Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935 · Nurse Gordon (as Jeanne Kelly)
movieTango Bar
1935 · Young Ship's Passenger on Lower Deck (uncredited)
movieObeah
1935